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New Mixtape: Israeli M.Cs mash up with classic Hip Hop beats

59 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:02:47 +0000

Check out New York State Of Mind, a dope new mixtape by blogger/D.J Or Amit, which features Israeli rappers rhyming over classic Rap tracks, mainly by D.J Premier. Among the artists featured are Sagol 59, Ortega, Peled, Vulkan, Nechi Nech and many others. The mixtape is available for free download on Mediafire or through Bandcamp. Enjoy!

Toot Ard: Arabic Reggae From The Golan Heights

59 — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:22:43 +0000

Check out this really cool band. They are about to release their debut album and go on a short tour of Israel. Good luck folks!

Toot Ard

Rapper’s Imprisonment Tests Moroccan Reforms

59 — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:01:49 +0000

The rap songs of 24-year-old Mouad Belrhouate are popular in Morocco, even more so after the four months he has spent in jail…

READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE HERE

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Israeli rappers record track to support demonstrations

59 — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 08:17:01 +0000

Quami, Sagol 59, Vulkan, Klin, Kalkidan, ELparvar, Fishy, Mohammed Mugrabi – List Of Demands.mp3

Last week, a group of 8 notable Israeli MC’s gathered to record “List Of Demands”, a track that supports the recent demonstrations held in Israel’s cities and also calls for equality among The Country’s citizens and residents. Israeli Jews, Arabs, Russian and Ethiopian rappers are all represented on the track.

Quami, Sagol 59, Vulkan, M.C Klin, Big Fishy, Elparvar, Kalkidan, Mohammed Mugrabi – List Of Demands (Youtube Link)

(The 2011 Israeli housing protests, which are also referred to by various other names in the media, are a series of ongoing demonstrations in Israel beginning in July 2011 involving hundreds of thousands of protesters from a variety of socio-economic and religious backgrounds opposing the continuing rise in the cost of living in Israel, and particularly the relatively high housing prices in Israel as well as the lack of affordable housing solutions in the country.

As the protests expanded, the demonstrations began to also focus on other issues, such as the deteriorating state of the Israeli education system, the indirect costs of raising children and issues relating to the social order in Israel.)

Sagol 59′s new website

59 — Tue, 31 May 2011 14:46:59 +0000

Corner Prophet Sagol 59 (f.k.a Khen Rotem) has a new album coming soon. This time, the seminal Israeli M.C has changed his musical direction radically, and is dabbling in Blues, Rock, Reggae & Psychedelic Folk. Check out Sagol’s new website here.

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Incredible Hip Hop documentary premieres on ARTE

59 — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 07:50:16 +0000

Whatever your preconceptions about Hip-Hop may be, throw them out the window.

THE FURIOUS FORCE OF RHYMES explodes the stereotypes of swagger and bravado to reveal an irresistible unifying force of global significance. Lushly photographed, bursting with music and dance, this powerful documentary carries you away on a trans-national Hip-Hop Road Movie.

Startling and provocative, with an uplifting message of hope and reconciliation, it reveals how a single genre of music connects people as diverse as American Blacks, East German Skinheads, Israeli Jews, Palestinians, African Feminists and French Banlieusards. Alternately exuberant, moving and humorous, THE FURIOUS FORCE OF RHYMES is a stirring chronicle of the combustible intersection between politics and art.

The film features, among others:

Q-Tip, Dead Prez, The Last Poets, Special Ed, D-Nice, PMD (U.S), Les Nubians ,Bams, 113, 9 D’or (France), Positive Black Soul, Abass, Alif (West Africa), Metaphysics (Zimbabwe), Curse (Germany), Shaanan Streett, Sagol 59, System Ali, G-Town (Israel / Palestinian Authority)

The Furious Force Of Rhymes

The film will be broadcasted this week on ARTE. Check the the official website or the Facebook page for festival screening dates, event details and more information.

THE FURIOUS FORCE OF RHYMES had its festival premiere in August 2010 at the Locarno International Film Festival. It is currently touring film festivals worldwide with official release dates yet to be announced.

The Reunion.

59 — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 10:11:58 +0000

After a few years apart, the whole Saturday Night Shelter / Old Jeruz Cipher / Corner Prophets posse got together again for one special night at the legendary Sira club, where the movement started nearly a decade ago. Jerusalem’s old city walls were visibly shaken, as Mc’s freestyled in Hebrew, English, Arabic, Russian, French and Patois in front of a hyped up crowd. More photos from that incredible night can be found in the Facebook album. See y’all next time.

Corner Prophets / Saturday Night Shelter Reunite For 1 Night Only!

59 — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 12:05:13 +0000

The Jerusalem crew of Israeli / American / Palestinian / Russian / International MC’s known as Corner Prophets / Saturday Night Shelter, we reunite for one night only at the Sira bar in Jerusalem, on December 18th 2010, starting 10pm. The Sira, formerly the legendary Diwan bar, located on Ben Sira street in downtown Jerusalem, was where the crew’s legendary freestyle sessions originally took place, in the beginning of the millenium. Among the participants: Sagol 59, Rebel Sun, DJ Markey Funk, MC Klin, Vulkan, Empress Eyesis and many more. In 2003, the crew has released one now-out-of-print CD (pictured), which documented this fertile period in the City’s Hip Hop scene. This one-time-only event will be covered by Israeli media.

CD Cover

Sagol 59 in CMJ’s Global Hip Hop Throwdown

59 — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 07:39:22 +0000

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Produced by Nomadic Wax and The Bloom Effect, the GHHTD features an international lineup of hip-hop luminaries spanning the globe from Israel to Ghana who will descend on 92YTribeca’s Mainstage for an unforgettable battle of beats and multilingual MCs!

Thursday, Oct 21st, 7pm,

92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St., New York

Blessing the stage will be:
Sagol 59 ( Israel)

Kae Sun (from Ghana)
Philemon ( France)
Lee Ursus ( South Africa)
Lido Lido ( Norway)

Hosted by Eternia ( Canada) and DJ’d by DJ Boo ( Philippines).

More Details on CMJ2010 Here

Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson: Why i’m performing in Israel and the Middle East

59 — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:40:21 +0000

Read Mr. Anderson’s statement HERE:

Jethro Tull Israeli Tour Dates:

AUG 6th Binyamina – Shuni Fortress
AUG 7th Ceasaria Amphitheatre
AUG 9th Jerusalem – Israel Congress Centre